obstetrics
[uh b-ste-triks]
noun (used with a singular verb)- the branch of medical science concerned with childbirth and caring for and treating women in or in connection with childbirth. Abbreviation: OB, ob
Origin of obstetrics
First recorded in
1810–20; see origin at
obstetrical,
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Contemporary Examples of obstetrics
A new study released today in Obstetrics & Gynecology could close this contentious question for good.
He graduated medical school in 1991 and completed a single-year internship in obstetrics and gynecology, finishing in 1992.
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 198 (2): 210.
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 198 (3), 298e 1-8.
Historical Examples of obstetrics
Thorough knowledge of obstetrics and dispensing indispensable.
He has described also many of the most difficult operations in obstetrics.
The story of the Caesarean operation attests the evolution of obstetrics.
Browning was interested, like some scientific man, in the obstetrics of art.
In Holland she could take a full course in obstetrics and could be of great service then to the future mothers of her land.
British Dictionary definitions for obstetrics- (functioning as singular) the branch of medicine concerned with childbirth and the treatment of women before and after childbirth
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Word Origin and History for obstetricsn."science of midwifery," 1819, from obstetric (adj.); also see -ics.
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obstetrics
[ŏb-stĕt′rĭks, əb-]
- The branch of medicine that deals with the care of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the recuperative period following delivery.
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- The branch of medicine that deals with the care of women during pregnancy and childbirth.
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obstetrics
[(uhb-ste-triks)]
A branch of medicine that deals with the care of women during pregnancy, labor, and the period of recovery following childbirth.
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